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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1500-1503, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1500-1503.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Performance of Four Chromogenic Urine Culture Media after One or Two Days of Incubation Compared with Reference Media

Olle Aspevall,1,2,3* Björn Osterman,4 Rakel Dittmer,4 Lena Stén,1 Emma Lindbäck,1,2 and Urban Forsum3

Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory, Huddinge University Hospital,1 Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Immunology, Division of Clinical Bacteriology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-14186, Stockholm,2 Department of Health and Environment, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Linköpings Universitet, SE-58185 Linköping,3 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden4

Received 24 August 2001/ Returned for modification 7 October 2001/ Accepted 21 January 2002

Four chromogenic urine culture media were compared to culture on blood agar, MacConkey agar, and CLED (cysteine-, lactose-, and electrolyte-deficient) agar for detection of uropathogens in 1,200 urine specimens. After 2 nights of incubation, 96% of all isolates were recovered on blood agar, 96% were recovered on CLED agar, 92% were recovered on CPS ID2, 96% were recovered on CHROMagar Orientation from BBL, 95% were recovered on CHROMagar Orientation from The CHROMagar Company, and 95% were recovered on Chromogenic UTI Medium.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory, Huddinge University Hospital, SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: 46 8 585 878 42. Fax: 46 8 585 811 25. E-mail: olle.aspevall{at}bactlab.hs.sll.se.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2002, p. 1500-1503, Vol. 40, No. 4
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1500-1503.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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